Databases

Databases are searchable, up-to-date indexes of journal articles and other types of information. You can use a database to find articles on a topic. Most databases are available to Curtin staff and students only.

MAIS indexes published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian immigration and multicultural issues. Specific subjects covered include immigration, emmigration, multiculturalism and multicultural issues, ethnicity, racism, migrant health, welfare and social services, refugees, population studies and aboriginal studies. Formerly part of AustROM.

Warning: There is the possibility that some records contained in this database may contain references to deceased people, sacred or secret material, inappropriate terminology or offensive language, which, though unintentional, may cause distress to some people.

Covers technical and commercial developments in iron and steel, nonferrous metals, composites, plastics, etc. Over 1,300 publications including magazines, trade publications, financial reports, dissertations, and conference proceedings are reviewed for inclusion. Concentrates on the commercial aspects of materials science rather than on the scientific; however, new technologies, new alloys, and new materials announced by the trade press are included, along with other industry developments.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students and alumni. Available to walk-in users within the Library.

Maternity and Infant Care is an important essential resource for academics and healthcare professionals involved in the care of women and infants. This unique database contains over 120,000 references with abstracts to journal articles from over 550 international English language journals, books, and grey literature relating to the midwifery profession, pregnancy, labor, birth, postnatal care, and neonatal care and the first year of an infant's life.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students. Available to walk-in users and alumni within the Library.

This is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts, bibliographic information and citations to the world's research literature in mathematics and related areas. It contains current mathematics publications data which is updated daily. The Mathematical reviews data is updated monthly.

MedicinesComplete is the online service from Pharmaceutical Press that provides access to world-leading drug and healthcare references, allowing subscribers to access information about drug, poison, interaction and herbal monographs.

A series of online video modules that feature simulated clinical scenarios with practising clinicians. Coverage includes clinical communication, the consultation, the physical examination and relationship building with patients. Created by the UK Council of Clinical Communication in Undergraduate Medical Education

It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care. MEDLINE also covers much of the literature in biology and biochemistry, as well as fields such as molecular evolution.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students. Available to walk-in users and alumni within the Library.

It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care. MEDLINE also covers much of the literature in biology and biochemistry, as well as fields such as molecular evolution.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students and alumni. Available to walk-in users within the Library.

It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care. MEDLINE also covers much of the literature in biology and biochemistry, as well as fields such as molecular evolution.

Provides comprehensive coverage of international metals literature. The Metals Abstracts portion of the file includes references to about 1,200 primary journal sources. Alloys Index supplements Metals Abstracts by providing access to the records through commercial, numerical, and compositional alloy designations; specific metallic systems; and intermetallic compounds found within these systems. Informative abstracts are included for most records since 1979.

Access Policy: Available to Curtin staff and students and alumni. Available to walk-in users within the Library.

Micromedex includes all the unbiased, referenced information about drugs, toxicology, diseases, acute care, and alternative medicine you need to make informed clinical diagnosis and treatment decisions. Also provides your patients with complete, easy-to-understand information, daily access to drug pricing and descriptive information for more than 200,000 active and deactivated FDA-approved prescription and over-the-counter(OTC) medications.

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Database use

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conditions under which the licensed material can be used.
Library resources are provided to support academic research and study. They may not be used for commercial purposes, or for paid or unpaid
work on behalf of an organisation other than Curtin University. Bulk, excessive or automated downloading of material, supplying licensed
material to non-authorised users (including posting to websites) and actions in breach of the Copyright Act 1968 are not permitted. To
access Library online resources, you must agree to these conditions.

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